Friday, September 4, 2015

Another 50 trees have been added to
the municipal DIF and 500 have been planted in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle in
addition to the 300 already planted in San Vicente and the 100 in the
Municipality. There are another 1,000 to be planted in Jarretaderas, Sayulita
and Lo de Marcos, and even more in the works for Bucerías.

The reforestation project in the Riviera Nayarit is forging ahead for
2015 in different areas of Banderas Bay. The goal is to surpass the earlier
established goal of 2,000 trees and plants in the municipality, something that
is very likely to happen before the end of the month of September.

The Public Works and Ecology Department of the Banderas Bay Municipality
is in charge of this activity in coordination with the Nuevo Vallarta
Earthcheck Committee and the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau,
with the support of volunteer citizens from the community, hotels and civil
associations.

In addition to the 300 trees already planted in San Vicente and the 100
planted on the grounds of the Municipality, another 50 were placed in the
municipal DIF and 500 in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle this past August 31st
and September 1st, respectively.

There are still another 1,100 trees to be planted: 300 in Jarretaderas
on September 7th, 300 in Sayulita on September 18th and
500 in Lo de Marcos on September 28th. These new saplings will help
surpass the goal of 2,000 plants put into the ground, but there are still more
to be placed in Bucerías, with the quantity and date still to be determined.

What all these seedlings have in common is that all the species are
native to the region and are divided between ornamental plants and
timber-yielding trees. The activities begin at 7 a.m. in anticipation of the
higher temperatures as the day wears on.

Actions such as these together with the collaboration between the
authorities, civil society, private initiative and civil associations generate benefits for all the citizens of the Destination and the environment
at large.